This is a waterline model of the boat that Alvah and Diana Simon sailed to the Arctic, and inspired the book "Into the Night, A Year in the Arctic Ice". The model was constructed for the Programming and Events Department at Elmhurst College, in Elmhurst, Illinois, to be used as a prop to promote a lecture given by the Simons. It was then presented to the Simons as a gift after the lecture. The model is 1/3 scale and is 12 inches long.